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A Helping Hand

04/09/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, A Helping Hand

Dark comedy by Mike Stott. DS Dave Davis investigates a drunken football fan's murder.

Dark comedy by Mike Stott. A drunk football supporter has been murdered on a train, and Dave 'Fat Boy' Davis is charged with solving the crime.

A dark comedy by Mike Stott, starring Shobna Gulati and Anne Reid.

A drunken football supporter has been murdered on the Leeds to Manchester train, and Dave "Fat Boy" Davis is charged with solving the crime. When a strange pink letter arrives at the station, WPC Djamila Khan is asked to bring in its author, Molly Pickles.

Molly Pickles ..... Anne Reid
Djamila Kahn ..... Shobna Gulati
DS Dave Davis ..... John Lightbody
Darren Butterworth ..... Mark Rice Oxley
Quentin-Mann Rogers ..... Rupert Degas

Director: Lissa Evans
Producer: Jo Wheeler
An Above The Title production for BBC Radio 4.

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